Application Login Password Input Method and Apparatus, and Terminal

ABSTRACT

An application login password input method and a terminal, where the method includes, obtaining, by the terminal, biometric feature information of a user, determining, according to the biometric feature information, whether the user has login permission, obtaining voice information of the user, determining, according to the voice information after it is determined that the user has the login permission, password information corresponding to the voice information, and inputting the password information into a password input box of the application. Hence, in combination with the biometric feature information of the user, password information input security is ensured, password information input accuracy can be improved, an operation is easy and convenient, and burdens of the user can be reduced.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to the terminal field, and in particular,to an application login password input method and apparatus, and aterminal in the terminal field.

BACKGROUND

With increasing popularity of network technologies, networks havepermeated into people's work and life, and a large quantity ofapplications, such as QQ, WeChat, and Tmall, come into beingaccordingly. To ensure information security of a user, variousapplications usually need to perform authentication on use permission ofthe user, and the applications can be used for social and entertainingactivities only after authentication succeeds.

A conventional authentication manner is to use a password to manage usepermission of a user. However, in a network environment, various typesof spyware programs (for example, a Trojan horse program) are rampant,and simple passwords are easily thieved. This greatly threatens privacyand property security of the user. Therefore, the user usually uses along complex password character string, including a letter, a number, aspecial symbol, or the like, for encryption. Correspondingly, the userneeds to set different passwords for different applications. Forexample, the user may have a QQ account and password, a WeChat accountand password, and an Alipay account and password. The user needs toremember different passwords for different accounts. This brings heavyburdens to the user, and there is a relatively high probability ofinputting a wrong password by the user because the password isexcessively long.

SUMMARY

In view of this, the present invention provides an application loginpassword input method and apparatus, and a terminal, so as to reduce aprobability of inputting wrong password information.

According to a first aspect, an application login password input methodis provided, where the method includes: obtaining biometric featureinformation of a user; determining, according to the biometric featureinformation, whether the user has login permission; obtaining voiceinformation of the user; determining, according to the voice informationafter it is determined that the user has the login permission, passwordinformation corresponding to the voice information; and inputting thepassword information into a password input box of the application.

The voice information of the user is obtained, and the passwordinformation corresponding to the voice information is determined. Incombination with the biometric feature information of the user, passwordinformation input security is ensured, a probability of inputting wrongpassword information can be reduced, and an operation is easy andconvenient.

With reference to the first aspect, in a first possible implementationof the first aspect, the determining, according to the voice informationof the user, the password information corresponding to the voiceinformation includes: obtaining a meaning of the voice informationaccording to the obtained voice information when it is determined thatthe user has the login permission; and determining, in a voice passworddatabase according to the meaning of the voice information, the passwordinformation that matches the meaning of the voice information, where thevoice password database includes a voice password pair of the user, thevoice password pair includes the meaning of the voice information andthe password information, and the meaning of the voice information is ina one-to-one correspondence with the password information.

Multiple voice password pairs are prestored, and a meaning of voiceinformation in a voice password pair is in a one-to-one correspondencewith password information, so that for subsequent use, a user merelyneeds to identify, from a prestored voice password database includingthe multiple voice password pairs, password information corresponding toa meaning of voice information of the user, so as to implement input ofvarious password information.

With reference to the first implementation of the first aspect, in asecond possible implementation of the first aspect, the voice passwordpair further includes the biometric feature information of the user, andboth the biometric feature information and the meaning of the voiceinformation are in a one-to-one correspondence with the passwordinformation; and the determining, in the voice password databaseaccording to the meaning of the voice information when it is determinedthat the user has the login permission, the password information thatmatches the meaning of the voice information includes: when it isdetermined that the user has the login permission, determining, in thevoice password database according to the biometric feature informationand the meaning of the voice information, the password information thatmatches both the biometric feature information and the meaning of thevoice information.

Multiple voice password pairs are prestored, and both biometric featureinformation and a meaning of voice information that are in a voicepassword pair are in a one-to-one correspondence with passwordinformation, so that for subsequent use, a user merely needs toidentify, from a prestored voice password database including themultiple voice password pairs, password information corresponding toboth biometric feature information of the user and a meaning of voiceinformation of the user, so as to implement input of various passwordinformation.

The voice password database of the user may be obtained in a voicepassword recording manner, or may receive a voice password database sentby another terminal device.

In combination with cloud backup or primary backup, this facilitateschanging of a terminal device for the user.

Optionally, for the voice password pair, voice of the voice informationmay be in a one-to-one correspondence with the password information, orboth the biometric feature information and voice of the voiceinformation are in a one-to-one correspondence with the passwordinformation, and the voice of the voice information includes tone, asyllable, a voice frequency, voice quality, or the like.

Optionally, encryption is performed on the voice password pair by usinga trusted character string encryption algorithm, greatly ensuring voicepassword storage security.

With reference to the first implementation of the first aspect, in athird possible implementation of the first aspect, the method furtherincludes: starting a password setting screen of the application;receiving the meaning of the voice information input by the user and thepassword information; and saving the meaning of the voice informationand the password information to the voice password database, where themeaning of the voice information is in a one-to-one correspondence withthe password information.

With reference to the second implementation of the first aspect, in afourth possible implementation of the first aspect, the method furtherincludes: starting a password setting screen of the application;receiving the meaning of the voice information input by the user, thepassword information, and the biometric feature information; and savingthe meaning of the voice information, the password information, and thebiometric feature information to the voice password database, where boththe biometric feature information and the meaning of the voiceinformation are in a one-to-one correspondence with the passwordinformation.

Optionally, after the password setting screen of the application isstarted, a manner of performing authentication by using a biometricfeature of a user may be further used to ensure voice password databaseestablishment security.

With reference to the first aspect, or any implementation of the firstaspect, in a fifth possible implementation of the first aspect, thebiometric feature information includes at least one of fingerprintfeature information, iris feature information, voiceprint featureinformation, facial feature information, vein feature information, orretina feature information.

Authentication by using a biometric feature is simple and fast, and alsosecure, reliable, and accurate for identity affirmation.

With reference to any one of the foregoing implementations of the firstaspect, in a sixth possible implementation of the first aspect, themeaning of the voice information and the password information in thevoice password pair are different.

The meaning of the voice information and the password information in thevoice password pair are set differently, and this avoids a privacyproblem in a voice input process.

With reference to the first aspect, or any implementation of the firstaspect, in a seventh possible implementation of the first aspect, beforethe obtaining biometric feature information of a user, the methodfurther includes: generating prompt information, where the promptinformation is used to instruct the user to input the biometric featureinformation and the voice information to complete password input.

According to a second aspect, an application login password inputapparatus is provided, and is configured to execute the method in thefirst aspect or any possible implementation of the first aspect.Specifically, the apparatus includes a unit that executes the method inthe first aspect or any possible implementation of the first aspect.

According to a third aspect, a terminal is provided and includes areceiver, a memory, a processor, a sensor, a microphone, and a bussystem, where the receiver, the memory, the processor, the sensor, andthe microphone are connected by using the bus system; the receiver isconfigured to receive data; the sensor is configured to obtain biometricfeature information; the microphone is configured to obtain voiceinformation of a user; the memory is configured to store an instruction;and the processor is configured to execute the instruction stored in thememory, where the processor executes the instruction stored in thememory, to enable the processor to execute the method in the firstaspect or any possible implementation of the first aspect.

According to a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present inventionprovides a computer storage medium, configured to store a computersoftware instruction used in the foregoing method, where the computerstorage medium includes a program designed for executing the foregoingaspects.

These and other aspects of the present invention will become moreconcise and easier to understand in the following descriptions ofmultiple embodiments.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

To describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the presentinvention more clearly, the following briefly describes the accompanyingdrawings required for describing the embodiments of the presentinvention. Apparently, the accompanying drawings in the followingdescription show merely some embodiments of the present invention, and aperson of ordinary skill in the art may still derive other drawings fromthese accompanying drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an application scenario according to anembodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of an application login password inputmethod according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is another schematic flowchart of an application login passwordinput method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic flowchart of a voice password databaseestablishment method according to an embodiment of the presentinvention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic flowchart of an application login password inputapparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention; and

FIG. 6 is a schematic flowchart of a terminal according to an embodimentof the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

The following clearly and completely describes the technical solutionsin the embodiments of the present invention with reference to theaccompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention.Apparently, the described embodiments are a part rather than all of theembodiments of the present invention. All other embodiments obtained bya person of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments of thepresent invention without creative efforts shall fall within theprotection scope of the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an application scenario according to anembodiment of the present invention. The application scenario includesbut is not limited to a scenario in which a password needs to be inputfor QQ, WeChat, a webpage, an email, or another third-party application.For ease of description, logging in to QQ is used as an example fordescription in the present invention.

When needing to log in to QQ, a user starts QQ software on a terminaldevice. The terminal device invokes an input method control afteridentifying a password input box on a QQ login screen. There is aprompt, as shown in FIG. 1, on the input method control, and the usermay complete a password input operation in a manner of both afingerprint and voice. FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of an applicationlogin password input method 100 according to an embodiment of thepresent invention. As shown in FIG. 2, the method may be executed by aterminal device, for example, by a mobile terminal. The method 100includes the following steps:

S110. Obtain biometric feature information of a user.

S120. Determine, according to the biometric feature information, whetherthe user has login permission.

S130. Obtain voice information of the user.

S140. Determine, according to the voice information after it isdetermined that the user has the login permission, password informationcorresponding to the voice information.

S150. Input the password information into a password input box of theapplication.

Specifically, after or when the application is started, the mobileterminal may obtain the biometric feature information of the user byusing a biometric feature recognition module such as a fingerprintrecognition chip, and determine whether the user has the loginpermission. The mobile terminal may obtain the voice information of theuser when obtaining the biometric feature information, or may obtain thevoice information of the user in a period of time after that the userhas the login permission is determined. The period of time may be 1 s, 2s, or another time interval, and may be determined according to aconfiguration of the mobile terminal. In this way, the mobile terminalmay determine, according to the voice information of the user, thepassword information corresponding to the voice information of the user,and input the password information into the password input box of theapplication.

Therefore, according to the method in this embodiment of the presentinvention, the voice information of the user is obtained, and thepassword information corresponding to the voice information isdetermined. In combination with the biometric feature information of theuser, password information input security is ensured, passwordinformation input accuracy can be improved, an operation is easy andconvenient, and burdens of the user can be reduced.

Optionally, after determining that the user has the login permission,the mobile terminal may further invoke a decryption algorithm to decryptthe password information corresponding to the voice information, so asto obtain the corresponding password information according to the voiceinformation input by the user.

It should be understood that the determining, according to the biometricfeature information, whether the user has login permission in thisembodiment of the present invention may be fingerprint recognition andhand geometry recognition that develop relatively maturely in a relatedtechnology in the current market, may be facial recognition that hasgained immense popularity and that has developed rapidly at presentstage, may be multiple types of biometric feature identificationtechnologies such as iris recognition, finger vein recognition,voiceprint recognition, signature recognition, gait recognition, typingrhythm recognition, and desoxyribonucleic acid (Deoxyribonucleic acid,DNA) recognition, or even may be user identity authentication by meansof biometric feature fusion or by using a multimodal biometric featuretechnology in the future.

Preferably, in this embodiment of the present invention, the mobileterminal uses a fingerprint recognition technology to determine whetherthe user has the login permission. For example, when the user needs tolog in to QQ, the mobile terminal determines that the user selects a QQpassword input box shown in FIG. 1, and then runs an input methodcontrol, so as to prompt the user in a manner of text on the inputmethod control, for example, Input fingerprint and voice information forpassword input. It should be understood that the prompt may appear on aninput method control screen, may appear in a form of a floating element,or even may not appear on a mobile phone screen. The mobile terminal mayalternatively prompt the user by means of vibration or voice. This isnot limited in the present invention. The mobile terminal obtainsfingerprint feature information input by the user by using a fingerprintbutton, for example, a home Home button of a mobile phone.Simultaneously, the mobile terminal may further obtain the voiceinformation input by the user, or may obtain the voice information ofthe user after determining that the user inputs the fingerprint featureinformation. For example, a meaning “QQ password” of the voiceinformation is in a one-to-one correspondence with to a real password“12345678”. After determining that the user has the login permission byusing a fingerprint recognition chip, the mobile terminal obtains themeaning “QQ password” input by the user; the real password “12345678”corresponding to the voice is determined according to the meaning. Afterthe mobile terminal determines the real password, the passwordinformation may be input into the QQ password input box. Afterdetermining that the user does not have the login permission by using afingerprint recognition chip, the mobile terminal may indicate anauthentication failure to the user by means of vibration, text, orvoice, or in any manner that can be used to prompt the user.

Optionally, whether the user has the login permission may be determinedaccording to voiceprint feature information. For example, after QQ isstarted, the mobile terminal may obtain voice information of a user, forexample, “hello”, and the terminal device may perform authenticationaccording to factors such as a syllable, a voice frequency, and voiceintensity of “hello”. After determining that the user has the loginpermission, the mobile terminal may continue to obtain the voiceinformation of the user and determine password information correspondingto the voice information. It should be understood that the voiceinformation used for authentication and obtained by the mobile terminaland the voice information used for determining the password informationmay be the same or different. For example, after authentication isperformed by using “hello”, QQ password information may be determinedaccording to the voice information “hello” input again or the voiceinformation “hello” used for authentication, where the meaning of thevoice information “hello” is in a one-to-one correspondence with the QQpassword information.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the mobile terminal mayfurther search a voice password database for password information thatmatches the voice information input by the user, where the voicepassword database includes at least voice information and passwordinformation that are associated with an application to which the userneeds to log in. The following describes, with reference to FIG. 3,another schematic flowchart of an application login password inputmethod 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shownin FIG. 3,

the determining, according to the voice information after it isdetermined that the user has the login permission, password informationcorresponding to the voice information includes the following steps:

S141. Obtain a meaning of the voice information according to the voiceinformation after it is determined that the user has the loginpermission.

S142. Determine, in a voice password database according to the meaningof the voice information, password information that matches the meaningof the voice information.

Specifically, before obtaining the biometric feature information of theuser, the mobile terminal may first obtain a voice password databaseincluding a voice password pair of the user. The voice password databaseincludes at least a voice password pair associated with an applicationto which the user needs to log in. For example, when user A uses amobile phone to log in to QQ, the voice password database includes atleast a voice password pair for logging in to QQ by user A.

Optionally, the voice password pair includes a meaning of voiceinformation and password information. The mobile terminal first obtainsthe meaning of the voice information according to a voice recognitionalgorithm when determining that the user has login permission, and thendetermines, according to the meaning of the voice information, passwordinformation corresponding to the meaning of the voice information. Avoice password pair storage manner may be shown in Table 1.

TABLE 1 Voice password pair storage manner 1 Meaning of voiceinformation Real password QQ password 12345678abc? WeChat password87654321abc? Alipay password Z87654321abc? JD password J123456abc?

As shown in Table 1, when the mobile terminal identifies that the “QQpassword” is input by the user, the real password “12345678abc?”corresponding to the “QQ password” may be determined in the voicepassword database; when the mobile terminal identifies that the “WeChatpassword” is input by the user, the real password “87654321abc?”corresponding to the “WeChat password” may be determined in the voicepassword database; when the mobile terminal identifies that the “Alipaypassword” is input by the user, the real password “Z87654321abc?”corresponding to the “Alipay password” may be determined in the voicepassword database; when the mobile terminal identifies that the “JDpassword” is input by the user, the real password “J123456abc?”corresponding to the “JD password” may be determined in the voicepassword database.

It should be understood that the voice password database may beestablished in a terminal device, or may be received from a voicepassword database sent by another terminal device. For example, thevoice password database may be recorded by adding a new entry to asecurity setting of a mobile phone; after establishment of voicepassword data in the mobile phone is completed, the mobile phone maysend the voice password database to a computer by means of Bluetooth orthe like when the user needs to log in to a same application on thecomputer, so that the user may perform an operation without recordingthe voice password database again on the computer.

It should be understood that the meaning of the voice information andthe password information that are in the voice password pair may be thesame or may be different. Preferably, the meaning of the voiceinformation and the password are different, so as to ensure passwordinput security for a user.

The voice password pair may be further encrypted by using a trustedcharacter string encryption algorithm. The encryption algorithm includesthe Data Encryption Standard (Data Encryption Standard, DES), theDigital Signature Algorithm (Digital Signature Algorithm, DSA), theAdvanced Encryption Standard (Advanced Encryption Standard, AES), andother encryption algorithms. This greatly ensures voice password storagesecurity.

Optionally, the voice password pair further includes the biometricfeature information, where both the biometric feature information andthe meaning of the voice information are in a one-to-one correspondencewith the password information.

The determining, in a voice password database according to the meaningof the voice information, password information that matches the meaningof the voice information includes

determining, in the voice password database according to the biometricfeature information and the meaning of the voice information, thepassword information that matches both the biometric feature informationand the meaning of the voice information.

A voice password pair storage manner may be shown in Table 2.

TABLE 2 Voice password pair storage manner 2 Associated fingerprintMeaning of voice information Real password Fingerprint 1 QQ password12345678abc? Fingerprint 2 WeChat password 87654321abc? Fingerprint 2Alipay password Z87654321abc? Fingerprint 1 JD password J123456abc?

As shown in Table 2, when the mobile terminal obtains the fingerprint 1,and the mobile terminal identifies that the “QQ password” is input bythe user, the real password “12345678abc?” corresponding to thefingerprint 1 and the “QQ password” may be determined in the voicepassword database; when the mobile terminal obtains the fingerprint 2,and the mobile terminal identifies that the “WeChat password” is inputby the user, the real password “87654321abc?” corresponding to thefingerprint 2 and the “WeChat password” may be determined in the voicepassword database; when the mobile terminal obtains the fingerprint 2,and the mobile terminal identifies that the “Alipay password” is inputby the user, the real password “Z87654321abc?” corresponding to thefingerprint 2 and the “Alipay password” may be determined in the voicepassword database; when the mobile terminal obtains the fingerprint 1,and the mobile terminal identifies that the “JD password” is input bythe user, the real password “J123456abc?” corresponding to thefingerprint 1 and the “JD password” may be determined in the voicepassword database.

It should be understood that for the voice password pair in the voicepassword database, the meaning of the voice information may be in aone-to-one correspondence with the password information or both thebiometric feature information and the meaning of the voice informationare in a one-to-one correspondence with the password information, orvoice of the voice information is in a one-to-one correspondence withthe password information, or both the biometric feature information andvoice of the voice information are in a one-to-one correspondence withthe password information. For example, the mobile terminal may identifythe meaning “QQ password” of voice according to the voice “QQ password”input by a user, and determine the password “12345678” corresponding tothe meaning “QQ password”, or may determine, according to the voiceinput by the user, the password “12345678” corresponding to the voice,where the voice may include tone, a syllable, voice quality, a voicefrequency, or the like of the user. Preferably, the voice information inthe voice password pair is the meaning of the voice information.

Therefore, according to the method in this embodiment of the presentinvention, multiple voice password pairs are prestored, and a meaning ofvoice information in a voice password pair is in a one-to-onecorrespondence with password information, or both biometric featureinformation and a meaning of voice information that are in a voicepassword pair are in one-to-one correspondence with passwordinformation, so that for subsequent use, a user merely needs toidentify, from a prestored voice password database including themultiple voice password pairs, password information corresponding to ameaning of voice information of the user or password informationcorresponding to both biometric feature information of the user and ameaning of voice information of the user, so as to implement input ofvarious password information. In addition, in combination with cloudbackup or primary backup, this facilitates changing of a terminal devicefor the user.

Optionally, the method 100 further includes: starting a password settingscreen of the application; receiving the meaning of the voiceinformation input by the user and the password information; and savingthe meaning of the voice information and the password information to thevoice password database, where the meaning of the voice information isin a one-to-one correspondence with the password information.

Optionally, the method 100 further includes: starting a password settingscreen of the application; receiving the biometric feature informationinput by the user, the meaning of the voice information, and thepassword information; and saving the biometric feature information, themeaning of the voice information, and the password information to thevoice password database, where both the biometric feature informationand the meaning of the voice information are in a one-to-onecorrespondence with the password information.

Optionally, after the password setting screen of the application isstarted, the biometric feature information of the user may be obtained;whether the user has operation permission is determined according to thebiometric feature information; and after it is determined that the userhas the operation permission, voice of voice information input by theuser and password information are received.

After it is determined that the user has the operation permission,biometric feature information used by the user for authentication, theinput meaning of the voice information, and the password information arebound together, that is, the biometric feature information is used toassociate the meaning of the voice information with the passwordinformation, so as to form a matched voice password pair and performsecure storage.

It should be understood that the biometric feature information of theuser may be obtained again after it is determined that the user has theoperation permission. The biometric feature information may be the sameas or different from the input biometric feature information used forauthentication.

A manner of performing authentication by using a biometric featureensures voice password database establishment security.

Optionally, a manner that biometric feature information and voicepassword are bound is selected according to a terminal device type. Forexample, fingerprint feature information of a user and a meaning ofvoice information input by the user are bound to password informationwhen voice password pairs for various applications are established on aterminal device such as a mobile phone or a pad. Facial featureinformation of a user, gait feature information of the user, and ameaning of voice information input by the user are bound to passwordinformation when voice password pairs for various applications areestablished on a terminal device such as an intelligent television or alarge game console.

The following describes in detail a specific embodiment of a voicepassword database establishment method 400 in an embodiment of thepresent invention with reference to FIG. 4. As shown in FIG. 4, themethod 400 includes the following steps:

S410. Obtain fingerprint feature information of a user.

S420. Perform authentication on an identity of the user according to thefingerprint feature information; and if authentication succeeds, performstep S430, or if authentication fails, go back to step S410 to obtainthe fingerprint feature information of the user.

S430. After the authentication of the user succeeds, the fingerprintfeature information of the user may be input again; or may not be input,and the fingerprint feature information obtained in step S410, a meaningof voice information that is input in step S440, and passwordinformation input in step S450 are directly bound, that is, thefingerprint feature information is used to associate the meaning of thevoice information with the password information, so as to form a matchedvoice password pair and perform secure storage.

S440. Input a meaning of voice information of the user, for example, “QQpassword”.

S450. Input password information, for example, “12345678abc?”.

S460. Input password information again.

S470. Determine whether the two passwords input in step S450 and stepS460 are the same, and if the two passwords are the same, the voicepassword database is established successfully, or if the two passwordsare different, go back to step S450 to input a real password again.

It should be understood that the meaning of the voice information thatis input in step S440 and the password information input in step S450may be the same or different. Preferably, the meaning of the voiceinformation and the password are different, so as to ensure passwordinput security for a user.

It should be understood that, sequence numbers of the foregoingprocesses do not mean an execution sequence. The execution sequence ofthe processes should be determined according to functions and internallogic of the processes, and should not be construed as any limitation onthe implementation processes of the embodiments of the presentinvention.

Although the present invention and advantages of the present inventionhave been described in detail, it should be understood that variousvariations, replacements, and modifications to the present invention maybe made without departing from the spirit and scope of the presentinvention defined by the following claims.

FIG. 5 is a schematic block diagram of an application login passwordinput apparatus 500 according to an embodiment of the present invention.As shown in FIG. 5, the apparatus 500 includes:

a biometric feature obtaining module 510, configured to obtain biometricfeature information of a user;

an authentication module 520, configured to determine, according to thebiometric feature information obtained by the biometric featureobtaining module 510, whether the user has login permission;

a voice obtaining module 530, configured to obtain voice information ofthe user;

a determining module 540, configured to: when the authentication module520 determines that the user has the login permission, determine,according to the voice information obtained by the voice obtainingmodule 530, password information corresponding to the voice information;and

an input module 550, configured to input the password informationdetermined by the determining module 540 into a password input box ofthe application.

Therefore, according to the apparatus in this embodiment of the presentinvention, the voice information of the user is obtained, and thepassword information corresponding to the voice information isdetermined. In combination with the biometric feature information of theuser, password information input security is ensured, passwordinformation input accuracy can be improved, an operation is easy andconvenient, and burdens of the user can be reduced.

It should be understood that in this embodiment of the presentinvention, the biometric feature obtaining module 510 and theauthentication module 520 may be a fingerprint recognition chip and afacial recognition chip on hardware, or may be multiple types ofbiometric recognition chips such as an iris recognition chip, avoiceprint recognition chip, and a finger vein recognition chip.

Optionally, the apparatus provided in this embodiment of the presentinvention is a terminal device, and includes but is not limited to amobile phone, a computer, a multimedia machine, or a game console.

The application login password input apparatus 500 in this embodiment ofthe present invention may be corresponding to the mobile terminal in theforegoing embodiment of the present invention, and the foregoing andother operations and/or functions of modules of the apparatus 500 arerespectively used for implementing corresponding procedures of themethods 100 in FIG. 2 to FIG. 4. For brevity, details are not repeatedherein.

FIG. 6 shows a terminal 600 according to an embodiment of the presentinvention. The terminal 600 includes a receiver 610, a memory 620, aprocessor 630, a microphone 640, a sensor 650, and a bus system 660. Thereceiver 610, the memory 620, the processor 630, the microphone 640, andthe sensor 650 are connected by using the bus system 660. The receiver610 is configured to receive data. The memory 620 is configured to storean instruction. The processor 630 is configured to execute theinstruction stored in the memory. The sensor 650 is configured to obtainbiometric feature information of a user. The microphone 640 isconfigured to obtain voice information of the user.

The processor is configured to: determine, according to the biometricfeature information obtained by the sensor, whether the user has loginpermission; when it is determined that the user has the loginpermission, determine, according to the voice information obtained bythe microphone, password information corresponding to the voiceinformation; and input the password information into a password inputbox of the application.

Therefore, according to the terminal in this embodiment of the presentinvention, the voice information of the user is obtained, and thepassword information corresponding to the voice information isdetermined. In combination with the biometric feature information of theuser, password information input security is ensured, passwordinformation input accuracy can be improved, an operation is easy andconvenient, and burdens of the user can be reduced.

It should be understood that in this embodiment of the presentinvention, the processor 630 may be a central processing unit (CentralProcessing Unit, “CPU” for short), or the processor 630 may be anothergeneral purpose processor, a digital signal processor (DSP), anapplication-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field programmablegate array (FPGA) or another programmable logic device, a discrete gateor transistor logic device, a discrete hardware component, or the like.The general purpose processor may be a microprocessor, or the processormay be any conventional processor or the like.

The microphone 640 may include a ribbon microphone, a moving-coilmicrophone, and a condenser microphone and an electret microphone thatare widely used currently.

The sensor 650 may be a fingerprint sensor, a facial recognition camera,a finger vein authentication sensor, an iris recognition sensor, avoiceprint recognition sensor, or the like, or may be another sensorthat can be used for authentication.

In addition to including a data bus, the bus system 660 may furtherinclude a power bus, a control bus, a status signal bus, or the like.However, for clear description, all kinds of buses are marked as the bussystem 660 in the figure.

In an implementation process, all steps of the foregoing method may becompleted by using an integrated logic circuit of hardware in theprocessor 630 or by using an instruction in a software form. The stepsof the method disclosed with reference to this embodiment of the presentinvention may be executed and completed by a hardware processor, or maybe executed and completed by using a combination of hardware andsoftware modules in the processor. The software module may be located ina storage medium mature in the art such as a random memory, a flashmemory, a read-only memory, a programmable read-only memory, anelectrically erasable programmable memory, or a register. The storagemedium is located in the memory 620. The processor 630 reads theinformation from the memory 620, and completes the steps of theforegoing method with reference to hardware of the processor 630. Toavoid repetition, details are not repeated herein.

A person of ordinary skill in the art may be aware that, in combinationwith the examples described in the embodiments disclosed in thisspecification, units and algorithm steps may be implemented byelectronic hardware, computer software, or a combination thereof. Toclearly describe the interchangeability between the hardware and thesoftware, the foregoing has generally described compositions and stepsof each example according to functions. Whether the functions areperformed by hardware or software depends on particular applications anddesign constraint conditions of the technical solutions. A personskilled in the art may use different methods to implement the describedfunctions for each particular application, but it should not beconsidered that the implementation goes beyond the scope of the presentinvention.

It may be clearly understood by a person skilled in the art that, forease and brevity of description, for a detailed working process of theforegoing system, apparatus, and unit, reference may be made to acorresponding process in the foregoing method embodiments, and detailsare not repeated herein.

In the several embodiments provided in this application, it should beunderstood that the disclosed system, apparatus, and method may beimplemented in other manners. For example, the described apparatusembodiment is merely an example. For example, the unit division ismerely logical function division and may be other division in actualimplementation. For example, a plurality of units or components may becombined or integrated into another system, or some characteristics maybe ignored or not performed. In addition, the displayed or discussedmutual couplings or direct couplings or communication connections may beimplemented through some interfaces, indirect couplings or communicationconnections between the apparatuses or units, or electrical connections,mechanical connections, or connections in other forms.

The units described as separate parts may or may not be physicallyseparate, and parts displayed as units may or may not be physical units,may be located in one position, or may be distributed on a plurality ofnetwork units. A part or all of the units may be selected according toactual needs to achieve the objectives of the solutions of theembodiments of the present invention.

In addition, functional units in the embodiments of the presentinvention may be integrated into one processing unit, or each of theunits may exist alone physically, or two or more units are integratedinto one unit. The integrated unit may be implemented in a form ofhardware, or may be implemented in a form of a software functional unit.

When the integrated unit is implemented in the form of a softwarefunctional unit and sold or used as an independent product, theintegrated unit may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium.Based on such an understanding, the technical solutions of the presentinvention essentially, or the part contributing to the prior art, or allor a part of the technical solutions may be implemented in the form of asoftware product. The software product is stored in a storage medium andincludes several instructions for instructing a computer device (whichmay be a personal computer, a server, a network device, or the like) toperform all or a part of the steps of the methods described in theembodiments of the present invention. The foregoing storage mediumincludes: any medium that can store program code, such as a USB flashdrive, a removable hard disk, a read-only memory (ROM, Read-OnlyMemory), a random access memory (RAM, Random Access Memory), a magneticdisk, or an optical disc.

The foregoing descriptions are merely specific embodiments of thepresent invention, but are not intended to limit the protection scope ofthe present invention. Any modification or replacement readily figuredout by a person skilled in the art within the technical scope disclosedin the present invention shall fall within the protection scope of thepresent invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the presentinvention shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

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 22. An application login password input method,comprising: opening an application having a password input box inresponse to a user operation; obtaining biometric feature information ofa user; determining, according to the biometric feature information,whether the user has login permission; obtaining voice information ofthe user; determining, according to the voice information after the userhas the login permission, password information corresponding to thevoice information; and inputting the password information into thepassword input box of the application.
 23. The method of claim 22,wherein determining the password information corresponding to the voiceinformation comprises: obtaining a meaning of the voice informationaccording to the voice information after the user has the loginpermission; and determining, in a voice password database according tothe meaning of the voice information, the password information matchingthe meaning of the voice information, the voice password databasecomprising a voice password pair of the user, the voice password paircomprising the meaning of the voice information and the passwordinformation, and the meaning of the voice information comprising aone-to-one correspondence with the password information.
 24. The methodof claim 23, wherein the voice password pair further comprises thebiometric feature information, both the biometric feature informationand the meaning of the voice information comprising a one-to-onecorrespondence with the password information, and determining thepassword information matching the meaning of the voice informationcomprising determining, in the voice password database according to thebiometric feature information and the meaning of the voice information,the password information matching the biometric feature information andthe meaning of the voice information.
 25. The method of claim 23,further comprising: starting a password setting screen of theapplication; receiving the meaning of the voice information from theuser and the password information; and storing the meaning of the voiceinformation and the password information to the voice password database,the meaning of the voice information comprising a one-to-onecorrespondence with the password information.
 26. The method accordingto claim 24, further comprising: starting a password setting screen ofthe application; receiving the meaning of the voice information from theuser, the password information, and the biometric feature information;and storing the meaning of the voice information, the passwordinformation, and the biometric feature information to the voice passworddatabase, both the biometric feature information and the meaning of thevoice information comprising a one-to-one correspondence with thepassword information.
 27. The method of claim 22, wherein the biometricfeature information comprises at least one of fingerprint featureinformation, iris feature information, facial feature information,voiceprint feature information, vein feature information, or retinafeature information.
 28. The method of claim 23, wherein the biometricfeature information comprises at least one of fingerprint featureinformation, iris feature information, facial feature information,voiceprint feature information, vein feature information, or retinafeature information.
 29. The method of claim 23, wherein the meaning ofthe voice information and the password information in the voice passwordpair are different.
 30. The method of claim 24, wherein the meaning ofthe voice information and the password information in the voice passwordpair are different.
 31. The method of claim 22, wherein before obtainingthe biometric feature information of the user, the method furthercomprises generating prompt information, the prompt informationinstructing the user to input the biometric feature information and thevoice information to complete password input.
 32. The method of claim23, wherein before obtaining the biometric feature information of theuser, the method further comprises generating prompt information, andthe prompt information instructing the user to input the biometricfeature information and the voice information to complete passwordinput.
 33. The method of claim 24, wherein before obtaining thebiometric feature information of the user, the method further comprisesgenerating prompt information, and the prompt information instructingthe user to input the biometric feature information and the voiceinformation to complete password input.
 34. A terminal, comprising: asensor configured to obtain biometric feature information of a user; amicrophone coupled to the sensor and configured to obtain voiceinformation of the user; a memory coupled to the sensor and themicrophone and configured to store an instruction; and a processorcoupled to the sensor, the microphone, and the memory, the instructionstored in the memory causing the processor to be configured to: open anapplication having a password input box in response to a user operation;determine, according to the biometric feature information obtained bythe sensor, whether the user has login permission; determine, accordingto the voice information of the user obtained by the microphone,password information corresponding to the voice information after theuser has the login permission; and input the password information intothe password input box of the application.
 35. The terminal of claim 34,wherein the instruction further causes the processor to be configuredto: obtain a meaning of the voice information according to the voiceinformation after determining that the user has the login permission;and determine, in a voice password database according to the meaning ofthe voice information, the password information matching the meaning ofthe voice information, the voice password database comprising a voicepassword pair of the user, the voice password pair comprising themeaning of the voice information and the password information, and themeaning of the voice information comprising a one-to-one correspondencewith the password information.
 36. The terminal of claim 35, wherein thevoice password pair further comprises the biometric feature information,both the biometric feature information and the meaning of the voiceinformation comprising a one-to-one correspondence with the passwordinformation, and the instruction further causing the processor to beconfigured to determine, in the voice password database according to thebiometric feature information and the meaning of the voice information,the password information matching the biometric feature information andthe meaning of the voice information.
 37. The terminal of claim 35,wherein the instruction further causes the processor to be configuredto: start a password setting screen of the application; receive themeaning of the voice information from the user and the passwordinformation; and store the meaning of the voice information and thepassword information to the voice password database, the meaning of thevoice information comprising a one-to-one correspondence with thepassword information.
 38. The terminal of claim 36, wherein theinstruction further causes the processor to be configured to: start apassword setting screen of the application; receive the meaning of thevoice information from the user, the password information, and thebiometric feature information; and store the biometric featureinformation, the meaning of the voice information, and the passwordinformation to the voice password database, both the biometric featureinformation and the meaning of the voice information comprising aone-to-one correspondence with the password information.
 39. Theterminal of claim 37, wherein the meaning of the voice information andthe password information in the voice password pair are different. 40.The terminal of claim 35, wherein the meaning of the voice informationand the password information in the voice password pair are different.41. The terminal of claim 36, wherein the meaning of the voiceinformation and the password information in the voice password pair aredifferent.